The State Provincial Office on the Åland Islands has a somewhat different function than the other Provinces of Finland due to its autonomy. Generally a State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of sevend different ministries of the Government of Finland. In Åland the State Provincial Office also represents a set of other authorities of the central government, which in mainland-Finland has separate bureaucracies. On the other hand duties, which on mainland-Finland are handled by the provincial offices, are transferred to the autonomous government of Åland.

List of Governors

• William Isaksson (1918-1922)
• Wilhelm Fagerlund (1922-1938)
• Torsten Rothberg (1938-1938)
  • Walter Johansson (acting 1938)
• Ruben Österberg (1938-1945)
• Herman Koroleff (1945-1954)
• Tor Brenning (1954-1972)
• Martin Isaksson (1972-1982)
• Henrik Gustafsson (1982-1999)
• Peter Lindbäck (1999-present)

See also

• Government of Åland
• Provincial Governors of Finland